Canada is one the leading G-7 Nations. It is a highly developed country with excellent working conditions, an outstanding education system, a very high standard of living, and a health care system ranked one of the best in the world.

Canada is a country composed of immigrants from practically every country in the world. Canada's success is largely due to the contributions made by these immigrants. Each year, Canada welcomes several thousands new immigrants. The diversified backgrounds and cultures are what make Canada unique. Multiculturalism is promoted by both the federal and provincial governments to help maintain this unique "melting pot".

Regardless of where you came from, once you are a landed immigrant (permanent resident), you have all the rights of a Canadian citizen. These rights are protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Should you wish to become a citizen, you can do so after you have lived in Canada for three years. As a Canadian citizen, you can apply for a Canadian passport and you are eligible to vote.

Canadian politics
Canada is an independent constitutional monarchy and has three tiers of government: federal, provincial, and municipal.

In 1982, the Constitution Act came into effect, which allowed Canada to make constitutional changes without approval from the British government. The Official language Act protects English and French, the two official languages in Canada.

The political party with the most elected members forms the federal government and its leader becomes the Prime Minister. The party with a second largest number of elected members becomes official opposition, and its role is to offer constructive criticism to the government.

The four main political parties are:
The Liberal Party
The Progressive Conservative Party
The New Democratic Party
The Canadian Alliance

The federal government is based in the capital city of Ottawa.

Geography
Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories. These include:

Health Care
Canada has one of the world's best health care systems. Every citizen and permanent resident is covered by the insurance plan of the province in which he or she resides. The health plan is funded by tax measures and provides one of the world's best-quality essential health services, including doctor's fees, hospital charges and, in many cases, prescription drugs.

Quality of Education
Canada offers free primary and secondary education and subsidized post-secondary studies. Every child must attend school until the age of 16-17 years of age. Ninety-five percent of Canada's children go to the public schools, which are free. Students are assigned to a public school according to where they live. Primarily the provinces fund the education system. And Canada spends more on education than any other industrialized nation on the planet.
Social services

Canada is a welfare state. This means that the government takes care of its citizen's basic social services. These services are funded by taxes collected by the various levels of government.

Some of these social services include:

Canadian Immigration
Due to its low population growth rate and abundance of available resources, Canada encourages skilled workers and business people from all over the world to make Canada their homeland. Each year, Immigrants to Canada become eligible for Canadian citizenship within three years of arrival in Canada with landed immigrant or permanent resident status.